In this paper we propose an experiment designed to observe a general-relativistic effect on single photon interference. The experiment consists of a folded Mach-Zehnder interferometer, with the arms distributed between a single Earth orbiter and a ground station. By compensating for other degrees of freedom and the motion of the orbiter, this setup aims to detect the influence of general relativistic time dilation on a spatially superposed single photon. The proposal details a payload to measure the required effect, along with an extensive feasibility analysis given current technological capabilities.

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在天基量子光学实验中同时测试量子力学和广义相对论的蓝图

在本文中，我们提出了一个旨在观察广义相对论效应对单光子干涉的实验。实验由折叠的马赫曾德尔干涉仪组成，其臂分布在单个地球轨道器和地面站之间。通过补偿其他自由度和轨道器的运动，此设置旨在检测广义相对论时间膨胀对空间叠加的单个光子的影响。该提案详细介绍了用于测量所需效果的有效载荷，以及在当前技术条件下进行的广泛可行性分析。